I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them what needs to be done. And if you don't bring a passion and an intensity… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Usually, when you go to a movie, your consciousness floats above the film. 3D sucks you in and makes it a visceral experience. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I pick my feature film battles very carefully. They're going to be personal and they're going to take a lot of my energy. I'm… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
It's about human imagination and curiosity. What's out there? What's in the great beyond? What exists at levels we can't see with our five… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The nation that leads in renewable energy will be the nation that leads the world 10, 20 years from now. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Nature's not our enemy, it's our sustenance; and we need it - and we need nature healthy for us to be healthy and to… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others haven't been and returning to tell a story they… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Literary science fiction is a very, very narrow band of the publishing business. I love science fiction in more of a pop-culture sense. And… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
